To construct:
And interpret a 99% confidence interval for the true mean difference between the cholesterol levels for people who take the new drug.
Answer to Problem 14E
Solution:
The required confidence interval for the mean of paired differences is.
Explanation of Solution
Given Information:
A pharmaceutical company is running tests to see how well its new drug lowers cholesterol. Ten adults volunteer to participate in the study. The total cholesterol level of each participant (in mg/dL) is recorded once at the start of the study and then again after three months of taking the drug. The results are given in the following table.
Total Cholesterol level(in mg/dL) | |
Initial level | Level after 3 months |
210 | 201 |
200 | 195 |
215 | 208 |
194 | 197 |
206 | 200 |
221 | 203 |
203 | 190 |
189 | 188 |
208 | 210 |
211 | 210 |
Formula Used:
The paired difference for any pair data values of the two dependent samples are given by,
Where
And
The mean of the paired differences is calculated as,
Where
And n is the total number of data values.
The sample standard deviation of the paired differences is calculated as,
Where
And n is the total number of values given in the data.
For Margin of error we need critical value
The confidence interval is calculated as,
Where the lower endpoint is
Calculation:
Initial Level | Level after 3 months | |||
210 | 201 | 12.25 | ||
200 | 195 | 0.5 | 0.25 | |
215 | 208 | 2.25 | ||
194 | 197 | 3 | 8.5 | 72.25 |
206 | 200 | 0.25 | ||
221 | 203 | 156.25 | ||
203 | 190 | 56.25 | ||
189 | 188 | 4.5 | 20.25 | |
208 | 210 | 2 | 7.5 | 56.25 |
211 | 210 | 4.5 | 20.25 | |
Sum | 396.5 |
The paired difference is calculated as,
Substitute 210 for
Proceed in the same manner to calculate
Substitute
Square the both sides of the equation.
Proceed in the same manner to calculate
The standard deviation of the paired difference is,
Substitute 396.5 for
It is given that
To calculate the margin of error we need
Then,
The margin of error is calculated as,
Substitute 3.250 for
The confidence interval is,
Interpretation:
Since one of the end point is negative so this implies that researchers are 99% confident that the mean difference between the scores was negative and lies between -12.31 and 1.3139.and thus the new drug has reduced the cholesterol level in participants.
Conclusion:
Thus the confidence interval for the mean of paired differences is.
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